Golden Tortoise Beetle (Charidotella sexpunctata)
Author's comments:
Identificado con la ayuda del especialista en Chrysomelidae Rob Westerduijn, de Holanda.
Charidotella, comúnmente conocido como “Escarabajo tortuga de oro” es un género de insectos del tamaño de 5-7 mm. reconocible por su habilidad de cambiar reversiblemente el color de su armadura a distintos colores y patrones, siendo el dorado el más llamativo.
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Record
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum / Division: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Scientific name: | Charidotella sexpunctata |
| English Name: | Golden Tortoise Beetle |
| Spanish Name: | Escarabajo Tortuga de Oro |
| Portuguese Name: | Besouro Cordão De Ouro |
| Sex: | N/A |
| Life stage: | Adult |
| Registration date: | 30/12/2015 |
| Country: | Argentina |
| Province / Department: | Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires |
| Location or protected area: | Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (RECS) |
| Location accuracy: | Low |
| Belonging: | Native |
| Condition: | Wild |
| Certainty: | Photographed |
| Reproduction information: | No |
| PHOTOGRAPHY | |
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| Photography ID: | 139649 View Full Record |
| Manufacturer: | NIKON |
| Camera model: | COOLPIX P610 |
| Shutter speed: | 10/4000 |
| Aperture: | 4.5 |
| ISO Sensitivity: | 500 |
| Focal length: | 15mm |
| Creation date: | 2015:12:30 10:24:22 |
| Using Flash: | No |
| Publication date: | 02/24/2016 17:51:15 |
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